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A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Milos Forman’s first color film The Firemen’s Ball (Horí, má panenko) is both a dazzling comedy and a provocative political satire. A hilarious saga of good intentions confounded, the story chronicles a firemen’s ball where nothing goes right—from a beauty pageant whose reluctant participants embarrass the organizers to a lottery from which nearly all the prizes are pilfered. Presumed to be a commentary on the floundering Czech leadership, the film was “banned forever” in Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion and prompted Forman’s move to America.
Original Release
06/15/1968
US Release
09/29/1968
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jan Vostrcil | Predseda plesového výboru / Head of Committee |
Josef Šebánek | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Josef Valnoha | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
František Debelka | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Josef Rehorek | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Vratislav Cermák | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Jan Stöckl | Retired Fire Chief |
Václav Novotný | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
František Reinstein | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
František Paska | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Directors
Writers
Milos Forman, Jaroslav Papoušek, Ivan Passer, Václav Sasek
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jan Vostrcil | Predseda plesového výboru / Head of Committee |
Josef Šebánek | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Josef Valnoha | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
František Debelka | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Josef Rehorek | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Vratislav Cermák | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Jan Stöckl | Retired Fire Chief |
Václav Novotný | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
František Reinstein | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
František Paska | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Ladislav Adam | Clen plesového výboru / Committee Member |
Josef Kolb | Josef |
Stanislav Holubec | Karel |
Frantisek Svet | deda Havelka / Old Man |
Josef Kutálek | Ludva |
Antonín Blazejovský | Standa |
Alena Kvetová | Ruzenka / Růženka |
Hana Hanusová | Jarka / Miss Contestant |
Milada Ježková | Josef's Wife |
Marie Slivova | Kandidátka / Miss Contestant |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rudolf Hájek | Producer |
Carlo Ponti | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1969 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |